12.17.2007
Our Lady of Cell Phones [update]
I carry my camera most places-but I'm not a documentary photographer, or a PJ. I just like to find + create pictures in a different way than my production intensive work. This was in the window of a storefront in Buffalo - it's one of those I shoot as I walk past, then stop and decide to go back to make sure I got it. And then shoot a few more. And one last one - right up until the moment when my friends are about to give up on me. It's hard to go for a normally paced walk with a photographer.

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Update 12/19/07: I was asked a couple of months ago to provide images for the winter issue of Photoeidolo Magazine - a 2x a year Greek fine art photography magazine. Anastasia from Photoeidolo found my work on the web (thanks Google) by searching for motion photographers. The winter issue just got off the press, and I received a nice surprise in my inbox this morning: one of my Utah Flash photos was chosen as the cover!
You can read more about the magazine (and order a copy for yourself!) here: photoeidolo.gr
12.11.2007
Cycling Portfolio - Cyclocross

I wandered around the Gran Prix event for Pacific Northwest cyclocross a week ago - the final event in the Cross Crusade series. I'd been trying to get to one of these for months, and the Sunday series proved really hard to line up with my schedule. Thankfully this was a 2 day event, and I was able to head out on Saturday. It snowed lightly, and was cold (for Portland) but no rain to speak of. Luckily the previous days had been crappy, and the ground was nice and wet for the riders - lots of great mud opps. I'm working on a cyclocross portfolio shoot - to add more sports motion work to the book. I got some great reference shots, and I think that a few of the shots will end up in the online sports book.


I had breakfast with a friend/colleague/photographer this morning - Jamey Stillings. I worked freelance for Jamey in ancient times, back in Rochester. It was great to catch up with someone who has taken his career up to that next level and is still the same down-to-earth nice guy I remember. He asked me (much paraphrased) "why do you blog? what's the deal?" It was actually Therese who had the answer - she said something like "It's Andy's chance to have a voice on the site. It's a section where he gets to do what he wants, and say what he wants". She nailed it. It's hard to know what the outward impact is of doing this, but I do this for myself, with the added bonus of letting everyone else in on some good stuff.

all right then - enough rambling -

andy

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